Moomba
Social life & customs, Such was life:
Melbourne’s Moomba festival first took place in March 1955 and was initiated to liven up Melbourne and attract tourists.
News:
Ned Kelly’s armour, rifle and death mask will be on loan to Bendigo Art Gallery until 8 July.
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The latest La Trobe Journal explores how more artists, printmakers and binders are creating and designing books than ever before.
News:
Victoria’s public libraries and the State Library have worked together in the lead-up to the Anzac centenary.
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More than 19,000 culture vultures descended on the Library for White Night Melbourne last weekend.
News:
Hear from bestselling young-adult authors during the 11th biennial Reading Matters conference in May.
Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
Even though the exhibition has finished, the melody lingers on in Arts. Currently featured on the Listening Posts are releases in popular and rock music from performers and bands associated with Bohemian Melbourne.… Read More ›
People & professions, Such was life:
The Centennial Exhibition of 1888 at Melbourne’s Exhibition Buildings was a motza for women. Posh citizens complained about the lack of servants – young women had flocked to the better pay and free fun down at the exhibition.
Exhibitions, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
Anna Welch introduces us to some of the great poets of the First World War, currently highlighted in The Mirror of the World exhibition